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by mgraczyk 1726 days ago
It doesn't seem high to me. Almost 30% of people 18-24 claim to have seriously considered suicide as a result of the pandemic, for example

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6932a1.htm

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If your bar for a consumer product (intended for leisure!) is to be better than an actual global catastrophe, there's nothing I could add to make it clearer that something is seriously wrong.
>> Are there other products or entertainments

> the pandemic

You might be the first person on the planet who's found the pandemic to be entertaining (or a product...)